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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/21 Edition
Three days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her removal from trilogy, Beneath the Keep, which is when I realized I'd never read this third and final book in the series timelines are running through The Fate of the Tearling: that of the current Tearling, with its horrifically varied
- Review of The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Ashley Poston is also the author of Geekerella and the Once Upon a Con series, the Heart of Iron Series , and the Radio Hearts series.
- Review of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
I was hooked on the varied settings and intrigue by both the premise and the story's inspiration.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/26/24 Edition
the length of their lives, The Measure; and I'm reading the first in Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series But Purity, Maine, has drawn multiple former intelligence agents (the "martini club" in the series title
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/12/24 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to the first in Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series, A Tempest Tempest of Tea: Blood and Tea #1 by Hafsah Faizal In the first book of Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series
- Review of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
tell Arthur that she's been dreaming of the decrepit, rambling house for years, and that she has some eerie well-meaning and ineffectual passersby; and dreams of darkness, belonging, and taking up the mantle of an eerie
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/3/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series about a training Wing (Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy series But a series of coincidences and misunderstandings lead to her being unaware until she arrives that the
- Review of Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
I'm getting ready to begin reading the third installment in Naomi Novik's Scholomance series and I realized In Spinning Silver, Miryem comes from a family of moneylenders who are on the verge of being unable to Check out my reviews of Lessons One and Two in the Scholomance series, A Deadly Education and The Last
- Review of Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson
It feels like every messy part of her life is about to converge in a destructive collision.
- Review of The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young
In Young's story, loosely set in the world of her Fable series, strong young Bryn fights for her own I originally saw this listed as the third book in Adrienne Young's Fable series, but I don’t see that here for my review of Adrienne Young's Fable, and click here for my review of the second book in the series Young is also the author of Sky in the Deep and The Girl the Sea Gave back, both in the Sky and Sea series
- Review of And Then She Vanished (Joseph Bridgman #1) by Nick Jones
something to the effect of "Did all of these clothes that are lying around just walk themselves into every This is the first in a series. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/29/24 Edition
makes enemies of multiple fellow contestants, she struggles with the staged and manipulated nature of every But the notion that I should be 'making the most of it,' travelling the world or out every night, there
- Review of Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Zoey's beloved mother died, Zoey's father and stepmother prioritized her stepsiblings emotionally and in every reclusive, mysterious local author whose magical story or personal generosity seems to have affected every
- Review of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
I read the first in that series, The Magicians , for but me it was short on magic and fantastical elements
- Review of I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
My friend Amy suggested that I read this one, and Harpman's slim novel is mysterious, eerie, and strange
- Review of Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
Every child a wanted child, every mother a willing mother.
- Review of None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
books that center around a podcast are Listen for the Lie and also the Good Girl's Guide to Murder series
- Review of Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
The second book in this series is Dating and Dragons .
- Review of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
When a series of vindictive, one-star reviews threaten their business, they must figure out who has it
- Shhh! More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays
(Sibley's What It's Like to Be a Bird; 2020's Flight Lines by Andrew Darby; and Beletsky's Bird Songs
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/7/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Sherry Thomas's Victorian mystery (the first in a hefty series Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet Women; I'm reading Less Is Lost, the second in Andrew Sean Greer's series Then a series of unusual events lead to Charlotte's assuming the identity of a made-up detective, Sherlock
- Review of Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
are at the center of women's sexuality; and to explain how women's experiences of sexuality are as varied Nagoski's writing is accessible and her examples come from years of experience with clients and their varied
- Review of The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
The letter inspires varied and complicated questions about the possibly disturbing events that transpired There's a satisfying wrap-up and a series of denouements and moments of redemption—yet Jewell also leaves
- Review of Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Which is just to say, be careful when choosing what you’re proud of—because the world has every intention
- Review of The Colony by Annika Norlin
Norlin draws the reader into the eerie heart of a small group living sequestered in the Swedish forest
- Review of Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
ended up at home, working with the people she grew up being babysat by, or dated as a youngster, or saw every Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After, a book I really liked.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/27/25 Edition
I read the first in that series, The Magicians , for but me it was short on magic and fantastical elements
- Review of Bride by Ali Hazelwood
, check out Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series, which includes Soulless and Changeless.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/24/23 Edition
and I'm listening to A Perilous Undertaking, the second in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series Raybourn I loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series
- Review of Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
her small outer Belfast community, where violent Protestant-Catholic tensions are threatening to rule every
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/2/23 Edition
A Winter in New York; and I'm listening to the first in Sara Donati's historical fiction Wilderness series tomorrow. 03 Into the Wilderness (Wilderness #1) by Sara Donati In this first book of Donati's Wilderness series
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/17/23 Edition
Place, scheduled for release April 25; and I'm reading the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult fantasy series Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood home and town in favor Legendborn is the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult Legendborn Cycle series.
- Review of Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
happy to spend time with Gen and Attolia again in this sixth and final book of Turner's Queen's Thief series Return of the Thief is the sixth and final book in Turner's fantastic Queen's Thief series. Turner's series was published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces the I listed the Queen's Thief series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series,
- Review of I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir by Youngmi Mayer
Much of the book feels like a series of heartfelt tirades and they're presented without a clear path
- Review of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
insists on confessing to the pastor, and his story grows increasingly haunting as he recounts a harrowing series
- Review of Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid
have felt over the top, but as usual, I was putty in Taylor Jenkins Reid's hands, ready to embrace every
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/7/22 Edition
Comedy Drama; and I'm listening to the first in the prolific Marie Lu's young adult fantasy Legend series Are we at the point where we can discuss my love for Naomi Novik's nine-book Temeraire talking-dragon series role as the sleazy lawyer with a heart in the show Breaking Bad, or from his lead role in a spinoff series Check out my review of her book Skyhunter, and look for my upcoming review of the second in that series
- Review of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Australian author McConaghy is also the author of Once There Were Wolves as well as The Chronicles of Kaya series , The Cure series, and the series Strangers of Paragor.
- Review of The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy
boy, a respectable citizen, and a disgraced police officer are intertwined through connections to a series Adam Hamdy is also the author of the Scott Pearce series, the Pendulum trilogy, Battalion, and Out of
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/11/22 Edition
goodbye and finding new hope; and Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, the first science fiction mystery in a series Eason is also the author of the On the Bones of Gods fantasy series. This is the first book in The Weep series.
- Review of Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
unorthodox approach, but as with other occurrences of ferocity he mentions (his mother's broken fingers and varied It’s up to us, our choice every time.”
- Review of Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
by misleading details or bogged down by red herrings, and that he struck what was for me a perfectly eerie heard this one compared to The Haunting of Hill House, but I haven't read that one (or watched the TV series Eerie books are great escapism, though--for example, during a PANDEMIC.
- Review of Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross
Rebecca Ross has also written two other series, Elements of Cadence and The Queen's Rising, as well as
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/6/23 Edition
James is on the verge of snapping--and that's before she finds out she's going to be evicted from her Every child a wanted child, every mother a willing mother.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/28/22 Edition
This thriller has been optioned by actress Emma Stone to be produced as a limited television series. twisty mystery The Missing Piece continues his popular Dismas Hardy series. I haven't read the others in this series, but I'm confident Lescroart is going to orient me properly
- Review of Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
particularly fraught for someone like Lola, who can't let go of the past, who has meticulously saved every memento from every man in her life, who constantly questions whether she has it in her to remain committed
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/10/25 Edition
Sara Holland is also the author of the Everless and Havenfall series. 02 Volatile Memory (Volatile Memory
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/2/25 Edition
wife) of evicting the sole inhabitant of a remote island off the northern coast of Scotland, and a series
- Review of Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
life and death and inspires me to do the same, and Moriarty shapes each character's path forward in varied
- Review of The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
tempted to defy her mother by not following her bossy demands, but when Stella arrives in Paris, a series

















































